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Theatrical Release Date: 2009 05 29 (USA) / 2009 05 29 (USA - 3D)

UPC: 786936797930

Studio: Walt Disney

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Excellent For Children]

Summary: A feisty septuagenarian teams with a fearless wilderness ranger to do battle with a vicious band of beasts and villains in this computer-animated adventure scripted by Pixar veteran Bob Peterson and co-directed by Peterson and Monsters, Inc. director Peter Docter. Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old balloon salesman. His entire life, Carl has longed to wander the wilds of South America. Then, one day, the irascible senior citizen shocks his neighbors by tying thousands of balloons to his home and finally taking flight. But Carl isn't alone on his once-in-a-lifetime journey, because stowed away on his front porch is an excitable eight-year-old wilderness explorer named Russell. Later, as the house touches down on the world's second largest continent, Carl and his unlikely traveling companion step outside to discover that not only is their new front lawn considerably larger, but that the predators therein are much more ferocious than anything they ever faced back home. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Awards: Film Presented – Cannes Film Festival Best Animated Feature – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Animated Feature – National Board of Review Best Animated Feature – Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Director – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Original Score – Austin Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Chicago Film Critics Association Producer of the Year – Producers Guild of America Best Picture – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature – Austin Film Critics Best Score – Online Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature – Online Film Critics Association Best Edited Animated Feature – American Cinema Editors Guild Best Animated Feature – Florida Film Critics Best Animated Feature – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Music – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Animated Feature – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Corto animado exclusivo
La misi?n especial de Dug
Partly cloudy
Corto teatral divertid?simo

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Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/10/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 96 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Up
1. Newsreel
2. Meet Ellie
3. Married Life
4. Carl Alone
5. Construciton Zone
6. Russell
7. Carl's Mistake
8. Carl Goes up
9. Interrupted
10. Storm
11. Where Are We?
12. Stuck
13. The Journey Begins
14. Hunting Dogs
15. Kevin
16. Dug
17. Talking Dogs
18. Ditch 'Em
19. Campfire
20. Hunters Come to Camp
21. Muntz
22. Dinner
23. Pursuit
24. Stuff I Remember Most
25. Muntz Takes Kevin
26. Paradise Falls
27. Message From Ellie
28. Cleaning House
29. Rescue Russell
30. Rescue Kevin
31. Old Man Fight
32. Dogfight
33. Atop the Dirigible
34. Back Home
35. Credits

Perry Seibert

There might not be a more dependable name in all of Hollywood than Pixar, and their tenth animated feature, Up, continues the studio's remarkable hot streak. As is usually the case, the premise is elegantly simple: in order to fulfill a promise to his dearly departed adventure-loving wife, senior citizen Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) flies to South America by hitching thousands of helium balloons to the house they built together. As silly as that may sound, director Pete Docter captures the audience's heart right from the beginning, thanks to an opening ten minutes that encapsulate the happy, decades-long marriage Carl shared with his dear Ellie. Following the duo from their first meeting as children who idolized the same superstar adventurer, to their tragic inability to have children, to their final moments together, this sweet, nearly dialogue-free sequence stands as arguably the most poignant in Pixar history -- right alongside WALL-E's spacewalk, and Jessie's abandonment in Toy Story 2. It's a remarkably emotional way to start things off, but it sets the audience up for all the amazing things that follow precisely because you never question why Carl acts on his obsession. But, of course, he doesn't go on this journey by himself. Wilderness Scout Russell (Jordan Nagai) -- think "green" Boy Scout -- happens to be on Carl's porch right when the house takes off. Russell enthusiastically offers his assistance because if he can help an old person, he'll be able to earn the final badge he needs to become a Senior Wilderness Scout -- and gain his dad's elusive attention. They're eventually joined by Dug (Bob Peterson), a dog that talks with the help of a special collar invented by his owner, who turns out to have a special role in Carl's past. Divulging any more of the plot would be just plain mean, because above all else, Up is an old-fashioned adventure story -- a throwback to the kind of breathless storytelling that made serials popular in the early days of movies. So much of the fun in watching Up comes from never quite being sure what thrill is right around the corner. You get the feeling that, had Pixar been in business 25 years ago, Steven Spielberg might have made this movie for them as a follow-up to Raiders of the Lost Ark. But it's not just the anything-could-happen excitement that gives the film a Spielberg vibe, it's also the genuine emotion at the heart of all that adventure. There is real grief, longing, and heartbreak in both Carl and Russell, and that makes us care about what happens to them. In fact, the way that Up grounds its fantastical events in such emotion could also have made it a worthy successor to E.T. And just as it would be a mistake to dismiss Raiders as just another textbook adventure film or E.T. as just an average lovable-alien-eats-Reese's Pieces flick, it would be equally foolish to think of Up as little more than another CG family film. Pixar doesn't really make family films in the way we've come to use that term -- a dismissive shorthand for something blandly inoffensive. No, Pixar lets smart, quirky artists indulge their creativity, and the results are often the kind of universally appreciated movies that helped make Hollywood a dream factory in the first place. Up fits proudly into that tradition. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Pete Docter  Director 
Pete Docter  Screenwriter 
John Lasseter  Executive Producer 
Andrew Stanton  Executive Producer 
Michael Giacchino  Composer (Music Score) 
Bob Peterson  Screenwriter 
Jonas Rivera  Producer 
Ed Asner  Actor 
Christopher Plummer  Actor 
John Ratzenberger  Actor 
Jordan Nagai  Actor 
Bob Peterson  Actor 
Delroy Lindo  Actor 
Jérôme Ranft  Actor 
Bob Peterson  Actor 

Country: USA